Laryngopharyngeal reflux: diagnosis and treatment of a controversial disease

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Mahmoud El-Sayed Ali

Abstract

Laryngopharyngeal reflux is a well-recognized and widely used term in ear, nose and throat practice. However, the symptoms and signs attributed to laryngopharyngeal reflux are non-specific and treatment is usually empirical. This review discusses current knowledge on diagnosis and treatment of laryngopharyngeal reflux. Information is evolving regarding the implications of laryngopharyngeal reflux in the development of pathological conditions affecting the upper aerodigestive tract epithelium such as chronic laryngitis, otitis media with effusion and chronic sinusitis. However, there is still much to learn about the pathophysiologic mechanisms of laryngopharyngeal reflux and their role in its related disease conditions and there is still considerable controversy on diagnostic as well as therapeutic parameters for this condition. There is no consensus on the diagnosis and treatment of laryngopharyngeal reflux and the majority of clinicians depend mainly on clinical findings and empirical therapeutic tests rather than more specific investigations. The concept of laryngopharyngeal reflux is still controversial. The current practice of empirical treatment with proton-pump inhibitors is based on weak evidence. However, this practice ...Continue Reading

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